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When the news broke that Apple was the first company to break a $1 trillion valuation, we saw an influx (on various social media) of people making fun of how often its Lightning cables were snapping, leaving customers with no choice but to go out and buy a new one with photos of badly damaged Lightning cables (LOL). A new report from Ceros charted the most popular Apple products sold at Best…

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Today Samsung has started sending out the update to Android 8.1 Oreo for the Galaxy J5 (2017). Although the Korean company’s Oreo releases have so far been based on Android 8.0, the fact that the J5 (2017) is jumping straight to 8.1 isn’t that much of a surprise – the move was hinted at by a benchmark result from May. The new software is currently rolling out in Poland, but if no…

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We’ve previously seen visual leaks surrounding the Sony Xperia XZ3 that date back as far as July. Today, a new leak comes from MySmartPrice of the Xperia XZ3 in silver. The previous leaks we saw were case renders and CAD 360-degree views, both of which align with the leak from today. Judging by the pixelated shading of the silver side of the phone, we’d proceed reading the rest of this post with…

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As hinted at by Amazon’s teasers from yesterday, the Samsung Galaxy A8 Star has now become official for the Indian market. This follows its initial launch in China, where for some reason it’s known as the Galaxy A9 Star. The handset will become available at Amazon India on August 27. It’s priced at INR 34,990, which right now translates into $501 or €431. So what do you get for all that cash?…

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A couple of days ago Amazon India started teasing the upcoming launch of Samsung’s Galaxy A8 Star in the subcontinent. This phone is already official in China, where it goes by the name Galaxy A9 Star, as well as A8 Star in the Philippines. The teasers hinted that the device would be priced at INR 3x,xxx, and now a new rumor comes in to fill those blanks. According to “a trusted source”…

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Google’s Pixel 3 XL has been breaking leak records these past few days, and we hope you’re ready for some newly outed details. Both it and the smaller Pixel 3 are going to feature dual front cameras, and one of them will be wide-angle, according to the usual unnamed sources, this time talking to 9to5Google. The devices will be able to shoot ‘Super Selfies’, which will feature the now very prevalent faux…

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We’ve known for months now that Motorola is preparing to launch new smartphones. It was previously thought that they would be named Motorola One and Motorola One Power but the latest piece of information comes to debunk those myths as the latter will be called P30 Note. The P30-series started about two weeks ago on Motorola’s Chinese website and the P30 has since been officially announced. And according to the new report,…

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First spotted by Mobielkopen, a new patent has been posted in the US Trademark Patent Office’s website reveals what Motorola’s foldable phone could look like. The US patent filing is titled as: Electronic device with hinge and corresponding systems and methods and is authored by Motorola Mobility LLC from Chicago, IL. This filing was first submitted to the USTPO on May 31 and was just posted yesterday. The hardware diagrams very interestingly…

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LG’s already outed not one, but two V-series smartphones this year, breaking with tradition. We’re talking about the V30S ThinQ and the V35 ThinQ, though both of those borrow the looks from last year’s V30. The first truly new V-series handset of 2018 is yet to come, and this is the V40 ThinQ. Press renders depicting it have been leaked today. Take a glance below. While at first blush the renders seem…

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Huawei has started gradually rolling out its GPU Turbo update to the P20 Pro and presumably, the standard P20 too. This means that the company intends to keep its promise and stick to the tight schedule it announced last month. Well, the update comes right on time for the P20 series. The changelog says that it will provide smoother gaming experience – as we found in the extensive review – and can…